Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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William C. Irwin, Grad. ' 89, Columbus Vice-president of Board of Directors and President of Butler Foundation; Chairman of Building Committee. Emsley Johnson, Grad. ' 00, Indianapolis Member Alumni Endowment Committee. Arthur Jordan, Indianapolis Vice-chairman Building Committee. Henry Kahn, Ex. ' 81, Indianapolis Robert A. Long, Kansas City, Mo. Hugh Th. Miller, Grad. ' 88, Columbus Peter C. Reilly, Indianapolis William C. Smith, Grad. ' 84, Indianapolis Albert G. Snider, S. ' 96- ' 97, Indianapolis Mrs. Linnie I. Sweeney, Columbus

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS John W. Atherton, Grad, ' 00, Indianapolis Executive and financial secretary of Butler University and Secretary of Butler Founda- tion. Crate Bowen, Ex. ' 94, Miami, Fla. Arthur V. Brown, Grad. ' 85, Indianapolis Chairman of athletic committee; Treasurer of Butler Foundation. Lee Burns, S. ' 93, Indianapolis Scot Butler, Grad. ' 68, Indianapolis John E. Canady, Indianapolis James L. Clark, Danville Perry H. Clifford, Grad. ' 89, Indianapolis Chairman of Shover Nursery school com- mittee. Clarence L. Goodwin, S. ' 83, Greensburg, Pa. Thomas W. Grafton, Grad. ' 80, Indianapolis ::• •W » u 1MMMT • - ' .9»%

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THE OLD AND NEW BUTLER BY JEAN DAVIS From Fairview to Fairview might, traditionally speaking, summarize the history of Butler University; for the traditional roots of our college are in a small four-room structure near Falmouth, Indiana, at Fairview in Rush County. From the teachers of that academy was chosen, in part, the first faculty that Butler can claim as its own. From that limited source has risen a group that now includes eighty-three members who pre- side over the twenty-some-odd courses of instruction. The Altisonant Letters The old grads look back with pleasant reminiscences to that earliest faculty. Its members must have been like persons apart from their stu- dents. The first president was John Young, who presided over the school from 1855-1857. One of the most interesting was Professor Samuel K. Hoshour, its second president, a wonderful example of an old-fashioned scholar. Over six feet tall, he must have presented a commanding figure as he stalked into his classrooms attired in the long shawl which he pre- ferred to the conventional overcoat. His long solemn face belied his reputation as a wit. Known as a great linguist, he was as well versed in the classics as in the modern languages which he taught. He compiled a book of unusual words, known as the ALTISONANT LETTERS, wheh is said to be one of the best of its kind ever written. At one of the Chapel services in the preparatory school of North Western Christian University, (which was Butler ' s name until 1877, when it was re-named to honor Ovid Butler, the fa ther of President Scot Butler, and grandfather of our present Dean of Women, Miss Evelyn Butler), President Otis A. Burgess undertook to read to his students from this ALTISONANT LETTERS. In the midst of the first page, he got stuck on one of these high-sounding words, and led his students in the merriment that followed his mistake. Of a different type from Hoshour was Allen R. Benton, who taught Greek Testament, Hebrew, and Political Economy at the same time he was president of the college, in ' 61- ' 68, and from ' 87- ' 91. His influence L e ft — North Western Christian University Right— Ovid Butler Page Five